Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 29th of July.
Good morning, Moscow.
Crews at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories are preparing the new manufacturing plant in Moscow by stockpiling topsoil and moving fill and crushed rock.
The 50-million-dollar project (on the Schwartz Campus) will be completed in a year and create about 1,000 jobs.
University of Idaho’s Idaho Repertory Theatre Drama Camp for Kids will present a world premiere adaptation of ‘Robin Hood’ via four shows on Aug.
1-2 at the Hartung Theater on 625 Stadium Drive in Moscow. General admission costs $16 while entry is free for children 12 and younger.
The University of Idaho logged 139 Title IX contacts (including many initial inquiries) from July 2025 to June, but an official clarified that few led to formal complaints and the report undercounts actual investigations.
The university will later resubmit the report with clearer terminology to match other state schools.
Moscow School District is discussing a plan to build a new middle school and convert the current facility into a high school (with a central campus).
Trustees will review funding options, including a plant facility levy or bonds, at meetings on Aug. 7 and Aug. 26.
Idaho’s Health and Welfare department said that starting next year, Medicaid expansion members without evidence of medical frailty will need a doctor’s note — a review found 68,400 of roughly 83,000 members already meet the new work requirements.
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